Later, in Hekata's lab, Hekata busily worked on her potion, throwing ingredients into her cauldron as they appeared in her book.

"Dead queen's eye and lizard's skin

Thus these powers of change begin.

Hand of a thief and head of a snake

Thus a brand new form I'll take.

Hair of a wench killed by a blade

Thus I'll be a beautiful maid.

Just one thing left 'til the potion's done:

All it needs is a liar's tongue."

Once Hekata threw the liar's tongue into the mixture, it bubbled and then settled. Hekata grinned mischievously and dipped her flask into the mixture, then, with the potion made, she looked into a small bowl of blood and swirled it a bit to see if her master was ready.

Sure enough, he was. Not a single light in all of Jump City could be seen.

"The time has come."

With that, Hekata started down the rocky path.

----------------------15 minutes later, The Lake of Human Blood----------------------

The 'master' sat impatiently by a red lake.

What could possibly keep her for this long?? Shape-shifting potions are her specialty. She could never take this long on one!

At around that time, Hekata approached the lake and dipped her feet in the blood, handing the unholy beast the potion.

"Here is the mixture, Horned One."

The Horned One grinned.

"Excellent. And just in time too."

He lifted up the flask.

"Charge this potion with my will

by number of crippled, hurt, and ill."

The potion instantly glowed blood red, and Hekata's hand wrapped around the flask as she uncorked it and guzzled it down. Suddenly she, too, glowed red and was lifted off of the ground. The potion was taking effect.

When the glowing finally stopped, the Horned One beheld a teenage girl dressed entirely in black, her black ponytail swishing across her little black tubetop. Hekata stared down at her new look, her voice somewhat higher than before.

"Incredible! It worked!"

The Horned One formed a portal in the red lake.

"Perfect. Now bathe in the blood and you will arrive at the Titans' home."

Hekata obediently stepped into the 'water' and, instantly, the blood swirled around her body. All the Horned One did was watch.

"Good luck to you."

With that, the bloody waters instantly submerged Hekata completely. As the murky red embraced her, everything went dark.

---------------------1 minute later, Titans Tower---------------------

Hekata emerged not from the lake of blood but from the river separating Titans Tower from the rest of Jump City. Swimming toward the giant T, she finally made it to the shore and spent a few minutes getting the red color off of her.

Meanwhile, inside Titans Tower, Cyborg and Beast Boy were again searching for the missing remote. Cyborg lifted up the couch.

"Man this is the third time this week that you lost the remote!"

Unfortunately, Raven, who was just peacefully reading her book at the time, fell off the couch and landed on Robin. She got up and scowled to Cyborg and Beast Boy.

"That does it!! I have had it with you two disturbing my concentration over something as pointless as the remote!"

Before Raven could rip the two to shreds, there was a knock at the door. Beast Boy readily hurried toward the door.

"Whew! Saved by the bell!"

As Robin dusted himself off, Beast Boy opened the door and discovered Hekata there. Nobody recognized her though, since she was in a different form. As Beast Boy drooled over the new look, Robin was the first to speak,

"Umm, can I help you?"